JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Russell Wilson said he could still turn two. But why would he want to?

The Seattle quarterback and former minor-league baseball player was busy impressing a gaggle of reporters Sunday night after the Seahawks arrived at the Westin, addressing questions as though he were born to be on the Super Bowl stage. He is only in his second season, but it feels like a second term of office the way he deals with the pressure and expectations of the NFL.

Had Wilson not used his final year of college eligibility to star at Wisconsin, he would have been preparing for spring training at Salt River Fields in Scottsdale, Ariz. In his brief cameo with the Rockies, he didn’t hit much before leaving Single-A Asheville for Madison. Former minor-league teammates believe he would have reached the big leagues. He agreed.

“I had the skills and the mind-set. That’s the key. You have to be mentally driven,” Wilson said.

Footnotes. Unger was told that Richard Sherman had something of a photographic memory. It didn’t surprise him. “He’s really smart. It’s kind of intimidating, to be honest,” Unger said. … Defensive end Cliff Avril has come full circle in his NFL career. He was a member of the 0-16 Detroit Lions in 2008.

Troy is a former Denver Broncos and Colorado Rockies beat writer for The Denver Post. He joined the news organization in 2002 as the Rockies' beat writer and became a Broncos beat writer in 2014 before assuming the lead role ahead of the 2015 season. He left The Post in 2015.

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